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Question | Answer |
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burgeon | to grow rapidly |
burlesque | a speech or action that treats a serious subject with ridicule |
burly | muscular |
burnish | to polish |
buttress | to prop up or support |
cartel | association of businesses |
cascade | to fall |
caste | social class |
castigate | to punish or criticize |
casualty | an accident; one who is injured |
cataclysm | a violent charge |
catacomb | underground burial place |
catalyst | person or thing that speeds up as result |
cataract | large waterfall; cloudiness of the eye |
catastrophe | disaster |
catharsis | act of purification |
catholic | universal; found everywhere |
caucus | a meeting |
caustic | severely critical |
cauterize | to burn |
cavalcade | a sequence of events |
cavalier | a casually indifferent person |
caveat | a warning |
cavil | to argue |
cavort | to frolic |
celerity | swiftness |
celestial | heavenly |
celibate | unmarried |
censor | to eliminate objectionable material |
censure | to criticize or condemn |
centrifugal | moving away from the center |
certitude | certainty |
cessation | stopping |
chafe | to annoy |
chaff | worthless material |
chagrin | embarrassment |
chameleon | a changeable person |
chaos | complete disorder |
charisma | great appeal or attraction |
charlatan | a fake |
chary | (of) careful |
chasm | a wide gap |
chaste | pure |
chastise | to punish; to purify |
chattel | slave |
chauvinism | fanatical devotion to one’s country, sex, religion, etc. |
cherub | an innocent person |
chic | stylish |